The Level 3 workshops are presented in a “Professional Retreat” setting just minutes north of San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge at the Acqua Hotel in Mill Valley along the Richardson Bay - part of the greater San Francisco Bay waterfront. Please see registration for venue photo’s and more information. See our “Retreats” page for lodging suggestions and make your Gottman Training a Professional Retreat!

Gottman Method Level 3: Practicum Workshop and Training

Workshop Objectives and “Road Map” to Gottman Therapist Certification

Workshop Outline and Objectives

At the end of this workshop participants will understand how to:

• Choose an intervention that is appropriate for the clients at the moment.

• Recognize the “Four Horsemen” when one member of a couple exhibits that behavior.

• Stop the couple’s dyadic interaction when one member exhibits one of the “Four Horsemen”.

Describe the “Four Horsemen” to the couple.

• Explain the antidote to the relevant horsemen clearly and accurately.

• Coach the person with an alternative way to express him or herself using an appropriate antidote.

• Re-direct the couple to resume communication in a dyadic way. Continue to monitor for the “Four

Horsemen” and intervene if they reemerge.

• Identify when one of both partners are physiologically flooded (and not just upset) and stop the